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Halikarnassos (BC 300-150) Hemidrachm542 viewsca 3rd-2nd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.26g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΛΙΚΑΡ-ÎΑΣΣΕΩÎ, kithara, monogram above. Lightly toned, VF.
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Mytilene (BC 200-0) AE 14542 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE14 (2.59g). Bearded and horned head of Zeus Ammon right / M-Y/T-I, herm of bearded Dionysos in himation standing facing; thyrsos to left, monogram to right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Joy coll.
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Nikaia (AD 249-251) AE 16 - Trajan Decius542 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE16 (3.20g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Three military standards. Very fine.
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Antiocheia (AD 238-244) AE 34 - Gordian III542 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE34 (25.43g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pontiff driving yoke of oxen right, plowing pomerium; two signa behind. Good VF, toned orichalcum surfaces, light porosity. Ex Drewry Coll. (CNG 69, 6/2005, lot 1042).
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Laodikeia (AD 211-217) AE 43 - Caracalla542 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AE43 - Medallion (51.78g), dated Year 88 (211/212 AD). AVT K M AVP AN-TΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΦPVΓIA - KAPIA/ ΛAOΔIKЄΩN / NЄOKOPΩN, TO ΠH Tyche of Laodikeia enthroned in the middle presenting statuette Zeus Laodikeia tot the personification of Phrygia, to left personification of Karia with cornucopiae and ears of corn. Dark green patina, aEF.
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Sebaste (AD 54-68) AE 18 - Nero542 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (5.65g), struck ca 55 AD. ΣEBAΣ-TOΣ, draped bust right / ΣEBAΣTHNΩN IOVΛIOΣ ΔIONVΣIOΣ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Black patina, aEF.
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Telmessos (BC 133-61) AE 13542 viewsca 133-61 BC. AE13 (1.34g, 12h). Head of Hermes right / T-Ε, fly within shallow incuse square. VF, green patina, flan a little irregular.
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Phokaia (BC 250-200) AE 542 viewsca 250-200 BC. AE (1.56g). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / Kerykeion (caduceus) in the form of ΦΩ monogram (city ethnic). Green patina, gVF. Scarce. Mueller Coll.
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Philomelion (AD 249-251) AE 32 - Trajan542 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE32 (16.81g). AVT K Γ MЄC K TPAIA ΔЄKIOCЄ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / SPQR in circle, ΦIΛOMHΛЄΩN ЄΠЄVTVXO B around. VF, dark brown patina, obverse a litte rough. Ex Drewry Coll.
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Aigeai (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla542 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (15.75g, 1h). Dated CY 262 (215/6 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Legend and date in six lines within wreath. VF, green patina, a couple pits.
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Chios (BC 412-334) Tetradrachm542 viewsca 380-350 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.88g, 3h). Poseidippos, magistrate. Sphinx seated left; to left, grape bunch above amphora / Quadripartite incuse square with thick dividing lines, ΠΟΣΕΙΔΙΠΠΟΥ across horizontal line; horizontal striations in quarters. Good VF, slight die rust on obverse. Struck on good metal for issue. Very rare.
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Sinope (BC 330-320) Drachm542 viewsca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.99g). Phorm..., magistrate. Head of a nymph left, hair bound in a saccos; aplustre before / Eagle standing left on dolphin; ΦOΡ[M]. Toned VF.
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Mytilene (BC 350-250) 1/4 Stater542 viewsca 350-250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.62g, 5h). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY/T-I, lyre. VF, light porosity.
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Maionia (AD 193-211) AE 29 - Julia Domna542 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE29 (13.00g, 6h). Dama-, magistrate. Draped bust right / Demeter, holding torch in each hand, standing left in car drawn by biga of winged serpents. EF, attractive green patina, some very minor roughness. Very rare and better than the illustrated specimens. From Group CEM.
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Methymna (BC 440-400) Hemiobol542 views5th-4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.22g, 6mm). Helmeted head of Athena left / Bunch of grapes in dotted incuse square. Toned, VF.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B53542 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10mm, 9h). Diademed male head right / Kantharos between two leaves within linear square. Good VF.
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Pergamon (BC 133-27) AE 16542 viewsca 133-27 BC. AE16 (4.23g, 12h). Laureate head of Asklepios (or Apollo?) right / ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, tripod. Near EF, dark green patina.
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Ankyra (AD 254-268) AE 27 - Salonina542 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE27 (12.03g, 1h). Actian Pythian Games Issue. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Three prize crowns, each containing two palms and inscribed [A]K TI[A] ΠV/[Θ]IA MI CTI/XX XX KOC in three lines, set on ground line. VF, green patina with earthen encrustation.
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Tiberiopolis (AD 117-138) AE 24 - Hadrian541 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE24 (9.07g). Laureate and cuirassed bust with aegis right / Zeus standing left, leaning on scepter, hand extended. Nice very fine.
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Kilikia Uncertain (BC 4th cent) Bes - Obol541 views4th cent BC. AR Obol (0.70g). Facing female head, wearing necklace / Facing head of Bes. VF.
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Mopsos (AD 41-54) AE 14 - Claudius541 viewsClaudius. 41-54 AD. AE23 (8.09g). Dated civic year 110 (42/3 AD). TIBEPIOC KLAUDIOC KAICAP, laureate head right / MOYEATWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; two monograms and IP (date) to left. Good VF, choice emerald green patina.
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Hadrianopolis (AD 161-180) AE 24 - Faustina II541 viewsFaustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE 24.1 mm (8.52g). CEBACTH- ΦAVΣTINA, draped bust R / AΔPIANOÎ O-[ΛIETΩÎ], two city-goddesses shaking hands. Very fine.
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Rhodes (BC 188-84) Diobol541 viewsca 188-84 BC. AR Diobol (0.88g). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose with bud to left; caduceus to right. EF, toned. Ex Auktion Tkalec & Rauch 4 (1989), lot 141.
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Kelenderis (BC 380-370) Stater541 viewsca 380-370 BC. AR Stater (10.68g). Nude youth, holding whip in right hand, dismounting from horse rearing right / Kneeling goat right, head reverted; ΚΕΛΕ[Î] above, within dotted border. Toned EF.
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Tarsos (AD 241-244) AE 28 - Tranquillina541 viewsTranquillina, 241-244 AD. AE28 (10.05g). Diademed and draped bust right / Altar of Sandan on raised platform, figure standing at either side. VF, green patina.
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Antiocheia (AD 253) AE 22 - Aemilian541 viewsAemilian, 253 AD. AE22 (7.03g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ANTIOC-HIO CL A, vexillum between two standards; S-R across field. Good VF, brown patina. Drewry Coll.; Ex Pegasi 87 (4/1994), lot 92.
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Antiocheia (AD 193-217) AE 22 - Julia Domna541 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. AE22 (4.80g). IVLIA- AVGVSTA, draped bust right / ANTIOC-H- GEN COL, Genius standing facing, holding cornucopiae and ears of corn. Beautiful patina, good very fine.
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Hierokaisareia (AD 116-117) AE 22541 viewsImperial Times, ca 116-117 AD. AE22 (9.94g). Ti. Julius Ferox, Proconsul Of Asia. ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙCΑΡΕΙΑ. Head of Tyche right, wearing turreted crown / ΑÎΘΥΠΑΤΩ ΦΕΡΟΚΙ, Tyche standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae. Very Fine and Very Rare.
Ti. Julius Ferox served as prconsul of Asia in the last year of Trajan's reign. In that post he would have had to deal with Trajan's Persian invasion, revolts in Judaea and the aftermath of the great Antioch earthquake of 115. Earlier he held the suffect consulship in 100, and from 101-104 served as curator alvei Tiberis et reparum et cloac. urbis, the official responsible for the banks and channels of the Tiber. The post was instituted by Augustus because of the frequent inundations of that river.
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Stratonikeia (AD 198-217) AE 37 – Caracalla & Plautilla541 viewsCaracalla, 193-211 AD. AE37 (19.81g, 6h). AVP A[NT] - AVPH KAI ΘЄ - CЄ - B NЄ PLAV[TIΛΛAN], radiate, cuirassed and draped bust to right facing draped bust; countermark in center, head Athena in Attic helmet right and ΘЄOY in square incuse / CTPATONЄIKЄΩN ЄΠI-T-ΩN – ΠЄ-PT B KΛ ΔION[VCION], Hekate with crescent standing facing, head left; at her feet, dog standing left with head turned. Very fine. Ex CNG, Auc 14 (3/1991), Nr. 387. Ex Karl coll.
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Apollonia Mordiaion (AD 198-217) AE 32 541 viewsQuasi-autonomous, struck under Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (16.52g). Homonoia between Apollonia and Ilion. AΛEΞANΔPOC KTIC AΠOΛΛΩNIA - T, head of Alexander III the Great as Herakles in lion-skin scalp right / AΠOΛΛΩN - IA.ΛY - IΛ[EΩ]N(sic!), City-goddess of Apollonia, holding cult-statue of Apollo with kithara and plektron, standing right and City-goddess of Ilion, holding cult-statue of Athena with shield and spear, standing left, both in long garment and wearing kalathos, clasping hands over girlanded and burning altar; behind left figure TΩN (for AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN), K beneath ΛV (for ΛVKΩN); in ex. OMONOIA. Very rare, F+. Hoeft coll.
Apollonia Mordiaion (today Uluborlu) was located near Apameia Cibotus at the river Hippophoras. Its title AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN ΛVKΩN ΘPAKΩN KOΛΩNΩN suggests that in Imperial times, Lykians and Thracians were settled in Apollonia (HN).
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Myrina (BC 155-145) Tetradrachm541 viewsca 155-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.56g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΜΥΡΙÎΑΙΩÎ, Apollo Grynios standing right, holding branch in left hand, phiale in right; omphalos and amphora at feet to right, three monograms to left; all within laurel wreath. Superb EF, lightly toned. Lipcer coll.
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Aigai (AD 50-100) AE 16541 viewsImperial Times, ca 50-100 AD. AE16 (2.37g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and scepter. VF, green patina. The magistrate’s name on the obverse is not clear. Ex Blank Coll.
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Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B68541 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 4h). Head of Artemis-Kybele right, hair in sakkos / Head of female left, hair in sakkos, lamp at forehead; all in linear square within shallow incuse square. Good VF, a little die rust. Extremely rare, only 6 examples known to Bodenstedt.
Of the six coins listed by Bodenstedt, four are in museums (Karlsruhe, Boston, ANS, and s’Gravenhage). Only one other has appeared at auction recently: CNG 57 (4/2001), lot 478.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B01541 viewsca 521 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Forepart of bull running left, M before / Incuse head of roaring lion left, incuse punches behind. Rare. gVF.
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(BC 230-220) Ariarathes III - AE541 viewsAriarathes III, ca 230-220 BC. AE (5.27g), Tyana mint. Bust right, wearing tiara / ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ T-YA, goddess standing facing, holding lotus flower and branch; two sphinxes sitting at her feet facing opposite directions. VF. Very rare.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) seal - 1/24 Stater541 viewsca 525/0-500 BC. AR Obol (0.73g, 8mm). Head of seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion Paw - EL 1/24541 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.5g, 6mm). Lion's paw / Lion´s head facing within incuse punch. VF.
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Thyateira (AD 54-68) AE 19 - Nero & Poppaea 541 viewsNero and Poppaea, 54-68 AD. AE19 (4.28g). Struck circa 62 AD. NЄPΩN KΛAVΔIOC KAICAP CЄBA, laureate head of Nero right / ΠOΠΠAIAN CЄBACTHN ΘYATIPHNOI, draped bust of Poppaea right. VF.
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Eumeneia (BC 133) AE 13540 viewsafter 133 BC. AE13 (1.51g). Turreted head of Tyche Eumenia right / EY-ME/NE-ΩN, three-legged fire-altar with lid. Nice very fine. Second known example?
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Aigeai (AD 217-218) AE 29 - Diadumenian540 viewsDiadumenian, as Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE29 (13.65g). Dated year 264 (217/8 AD). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / goat standing right; torches attached to horns; date above. Good VF, black patina with orange highlights. Rare. Ex Lanz 30 (26 November 1984), lot 686.
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Nagidos (BC 360-333) AE 14540 viewsca 360-333 BC. AE14 (3.50g). Head of Aphrodite right / Kantharos, ΝΑ / Γ-Ι. VF, dark green and brown patina with spots of green and red encrustation.
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Uncertain (AD 96-98) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Nerva540 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.07g, 7h). Uncertain Asia Minor (or Rome) mint. Struck 97 AD. Laureate head right / Distyle temple set on four-tiered base; within, cult statue of Augustus standing facing, holding spear, being crowned with wreath by female figure holding cornucopiae; ROMA ET AVG across entablature. VF. While no decisive evidence exists for the location of the mint of the cistophori during the reigns of Vespasian through Trajan, the style, legends, and, in particular, the consistent die axis point to Rome, suggesting that these coins were minted in the capital and then sent to Asia for local use.
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Rhodes (AD 0-100) AE 19540 viewsImperial Times, 1st cent AD. AE19 (2.84g). Helios radiate right / Serapis right. Nice very fine.
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Stratonikeia (AD 244-249) AE 44 - Philip I and Otacilia Severa540 viewsPhilip I & Otacilia Severa, 244-249 AD. AE44 - Medaillon (25.38g). Confronted busts of Philip I and Otacilia Severa / Nike standing left holding wreath. Very fine.
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Maionia (AD 161-180) AE 20540 viewsTime of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE20 (4.78g). Strategos Appas III. Bearded head of Heracles left / Omphale advancing right, wearinglion’s skin, and holding club over left shoulder. Good very fine.
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Sardeis (AD 54-68) AE 18540 viewsAutonomous Issue, time of Nero, 54-68 AD. AE18 (3.17g). Helmeted bust of the Senate right / Tetrastyle temple. VF, dark green, almost black, patina, traces of an overstriking. Wagner Coll.
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Korykos (AD 14-37) AE 27 - Tiberius540 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE27 (12.94g, 12h). Laureate head right / Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane; aphlaston to right. Good VF, blue-black patina. Very rare. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Tarsos (AD 251-253) AE 32 - Trebonianus Gallus540 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE32 (18.32g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis standing facing, head right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow. VF, mostly brown patina with some spots of green, light adjustment marks.
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 177-192) AE 22 - Commodus540 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE22 (6.6g). Laureate head right. / Hexastyle temple, ΠΡ ΟΥ CAЄΩΠacross field and in exergue.
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Kolophon (BC 285-190) AE 20540 viewsca 285-190 BC. AE20 (6.88g). Horseman riding with spear couched; below wolf (?) running / KOΛOΦΩNEΩN, Apollo standing, holding patera over tripod; in left hand lyre. Very fine.
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Magnesia (AD 235-238) AE - Maximus540 viewsMaximus Caesar, 235-238 AD. AE (9.65g). Γ. IOV. OVH. - MAXIMOC K. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI ΓP AVP AKTIA - KOVP MAGNH./TΩN. Apollo, nude, standing facing, head turned left, left ellbow resting on tripod, holding laurel branch in his lowered right hand; serpent coiled round legs of tripod. Rare. Dark green patina. Slightly rough surfaces. Good very fine. Ex Münzen und Medaillen, Basel 41 (1970), 385.
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Herakleia Salbake (AD 161-169) AE 30540 viewsMarcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE30 (15.50g, 6h). Draped bust of youthful Senate left / Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, both togate, standing facing one another, clasping right hands. Good VF, black patina, light earthen deposits, a few cleaning marks.
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The Kaystrianoi (BC 200-50) AE 12540 views2nd-1st century BC. AE12 (2.43g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Lyre. VF, green patina. Ex Alighieri Coll.
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Kolophon (BC 330-294) Diobol540 viewsca 330-294 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 0.93g). Konnion, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Cithara. Near VF, reverse slightly off-center.
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Metropolis (AD 98-117) AE 21 - Trajan540 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE21 (8.26g, 11h). Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Kybele seated left, holding phiale, resting elbow on drum. VF, green and red patina, some minor smoothing on reverse. Ex Righetti Coll., 6211.
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Gambrion (BC 350-250) AE 16540 views4th century BC. AE16 (3.70g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Bull butting left; star above. VF, green patina.
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Kyme (BC 480-450) Hemiobol540 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.48g). Eagle’s head left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, well centered, porous.
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Kolophon (BC 450-410) Tritemorion?539 viewsca 450-410 BC. AR Persic Tritemorion? (1/3 obol) (0.28g). Head of Apollo? right, wearing helmet? / Mark of value or monogram? in incuse square.
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Hypaipa (AD 193-217) AE 27 - Julia Domna539 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE27 (14.53g). Draped bust right / EΠI AYM-OV...MAIC, TP/C in left field, A in right field, VΠAIΠH/NΩN in exergue, hero standing left, holding torch(?0 in right hand, arrowhead in right field. ΠAI-ΠHNΩN, Zeus standing left. VF, dark brown patina, some minor scratches on the reverse. Unpublished?
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Uncertain (BC 440-390) Wheel - Hemiobol539 views5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.28g, 6.5mm). Eagle standing left / Four-spoked wheel. Extremely rare. Nice very fine.
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Attaleia (AD 96-98) AE 19 - Nerva539 viewsNerva, 96-98 AD. AE19 (6.26g). Laureate head right / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena right, wearing aegis. VF, dark green patina. Wagner Coll. The Roman coinage of Attaleia is difficult to assign to specific reigns because the coins do not carry identifying inscriptions until the reign of Trajan. Baydur assigns this coin to Trajan based on an “unreadable legend†on the known example. This better quality specimen shows there is in fact no obverse legend. This coin probably should be assigned to the reign of Nerva.
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Kyme (BC 320-250) AE 13539 viewsca 320-250 BC. AE13 (1.97g). Eagle standing right, ΛAXAPHΣ (magistrate) above / K-Y, one-handled vase. Very fine.
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Apollonia Salbake (AD 37-41) AE 17 - Caligula539 viewsCaligula, 37-41 AD. AE17 (2.88g, 12h). CEBAC-TOC, head right / ΑΠΟΛΛΟÎΙ/ ATΩΠ- ΑΠΟΛΛΟÎΙOC/ KΩKOY, Zeus seated left holding Nike and scepter. Very fine. Ex Hirsch Nachf., Auktion 226 (2/2003), Nr. 1768. Ex Karl coll.
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Isaura (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Julia Domna539 viewsJulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE31 (15.54g). Draped bust right / Athena Promachos walking right, aegis draped over extended arm, hurling thunderbolt and holding spear. Scarce. VF.
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Alexandreia (AD 198-217) AE 24 - Caracalla539 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE24 (8.08g). [M AV ] ANT[O] - NINVS PIVS AV, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / [C]OL AV - G TROA, Marsyas with vine-bag over left shoulder, standing lightly bent right on a small base, right hand raised. Rare, F+/about VF. Hoeft coll.
Marsyas is a well-known symbol of Roman colonies.
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Kibyra (AD 218-222) AE 24 - Elagabalus539 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE24 (7.87g). AV KM AV - ANTΩNINOC, draped, radiate bust right / KIBVPATΩN, river-god reclining left, resting with left arm on vase from which water is flowing left, holding reed in right hand; in upper left field, a chest; in left field KAICA/PE/ΩN. Rare, F. Hoeft coll.
The depicted chest is the symbol of Kibyra. Because KIBΩTON (Greek for wooden case or chest) was used in the NT for Noah's Ark, it was suggested that Kibyra was the place where Noah landed after the Flood. Therefore it became a famous site of pilgrimage.
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(BC 480-450) Uncertain Dynast - Stater539 viewsca 460 BC. AR Stater (9.09g, 20mm). Bearded sea-serpent left within circle of dots / Bearded sea-serpent left within incuse square with a border of dots. Scratch on obverse, minor edge damage on reverse, otherwise VF and very rare archaic style coin.
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Phokaia (AD 98-138) AE 16539 viewsTime of Trajan-Hadrian, 98-138 AD. AE16 (3.67g). ΦΩKЄA, Tyche right / Griffin walking left. Nice VF.
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Methymna (BC 200-30) AE 539 views2nd-1st century BC. AE (4.02g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Korinthian helmet / Μ-Α/Θ-Y, kantharos, small oinochoe to right. Dark olive-brown patina, VF. Rare.
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Chios (BC 190-84) AE 10539 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE10 (0.84g). Sphinx seated right; in front bunch of grapes / XIOΣ, Amphora. Very fine.
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Savatra (AD 138-161) AE 25 - Antoninus Pius539 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE25 (10.60g). AVT KAIC AΔP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CAOYA TPЄΩN, Tyche seated left holding cornucopiae and rudder. About very fine. Ex Karbach coll.
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Samos (BC 408-366) Tetradrachm539 viewsca 408/4-380/66 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.82g, 3h). Alexandros, magistrate. Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right; AΛEΞANΔP[OΣ] above, laurel branch to left, Σ[A] below; all within shallow incuse square. Good VF, toned, a few marks under tone. Extremely rare, one of two known with this magistrate. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVI.10 (12/1998), no. 7223; Auctiones 18 (9/1989), lot 762; Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9, 421).
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Methymna (BC 450-400) Silenos - Hemiobol539 viewsca 425-385 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.23g, 10h). Facing head of bearded Silenos / ΜΑ-Θ, hen standing right within dotted incuse square. VF, very rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion paw - AR 1/48 539 viewsca 6th century BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Lion's paw / Incuse square. Good VF. Rare. Mueller coll.
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Mylasa (BC 420-390) Tetartemorion539 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.26g, 4h). Head of roaring lion right / Bird standing right; pellets flanking. Good VF, toned. Alighieri Coll.
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Sinope (BC 330-320) Drachm539 viewsca 410-350 BC. AR Drachm (5.98g). Head of Nymph left, wearing triple pendant earring and pearl necklace, hair in sakkos; aplustre in left field / Eagle on dolphin left, ΣΙÎΩ below, ΣΩΡΙΠΑ (magistrate) in right field. EF.
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Trapezos (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III539 viewsGordian III Pius, 238-244 AD. AE32 (11.73g), struck 243/244 AD. Draped, laureate bust right / ΤΡΑΠΕ−Z (Z retrograde) ΟΥÎΤΙΩÎ, draped, veiled, turreted bust of Tyche right; dated ET ΠΡ (= year 180 of the Local era). Dark brown patina. VF. Righetti Coll.
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Tyana (AD 117-138) AE 15 - Hadrian539 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE15 (2.68g), dated 135/6 AD. …AΔPIANOC CEBACT, laureate head right / TVANEΩN T Ω ΠP T IEPAC, Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa; ET-K (date) across field. Apparently unpublished.
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Astyra (BC 400-395) AE 11 - Tissaphernes539 viewsTissaphernes, Satrap, ca 400-395 BC. AE11 (1.72g). Astyra? Head of Athena right / ΤΙ[ΣΣΑ-ΦΗΡÎΟΥ], Head of Dionysos (or Tissaphernes?). VF. Rare.
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Klazomenai (AD 209-211) AE 35 - Caracalla & Geta539 viewsCaracalla & Geta, 209-211 AD. AE35 (24.65g, 6h). Philon Dam-, magistrate. Confronted busts of Caracalla right and Geta left, each laureate, draped, and cuirassed / Poseidon seated left on rocky outcropping, right foot on prow, holding dolphin and trident. VF, slightly rough brown surfaces, small metal flaw running from before Poseidon’s right knee to his extended right arm. Apparently unique reverse for these emperors and this magistrate. Group CEM.
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Herakleia ad Latmon (BC 190) AE 19539 viewsafter 190 BC. AE19 (2.67g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / HPAKΛE-ΩΤΩÎ, bow in case and club, all within laurel-wreath. Very rare.
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Myrina (AD 81-89) AE 22 - Domitian539 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE22 (5.35g 12h). AYTOKPATOPA ΔOMITIANON KAICAPA, laureate head of Domitian right facing draped bust of Domitia left / EΠI KΛEINIOY APXONTOC / M Y P I, Apollo standing facing, hand at side, holding laurel branch and taenia. VF. Tricarico coll.
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Amisos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla539 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (18.65g, 7h). Dated CY 241 (209/10 AD). ΑÎΤΩÎΙÎΟC CЄΒΑCΤ, laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield; countermark: capricorn / ΑΜΙCΟ ЄΛЄΩΘЄΡΑ, Amazon standing left gathering fruit, at foot of tree Amazonian shield and bipennis; in exergue, ЄTCMA. Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
The figure in this image can be identified as an Amazon on account of the axe and the shape of the shield set against the tree, which conforms to Roman ideals of Amazonian apparel. A close parallel may be found on a relief adorning a marble sarcophagus in the Capitoline museum (inv. scu 726), in which an Amazon battles Greeks armed with such a shield and double-bladed axe. Here we see this Amazon in a moment of rest, gathering fruit from a laden tree she has come upon. According to Apollonios of Rhodes' in Argonautica, the mythical Amazons lived just to the east of Amisos in three towns near Themiscrya near the mouth of the Thermodon (modern Terme) river.
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Lampsakos (BC 470-450) Tetartemorion539 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.21g, 8mm). Head of Apollo left, wearing taenia / Helmeted head of Athena left within incuse square. EF. Apparently unpublished.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 500) Obol539 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol(?) (8mm, 0.65g). Helmeted head left / Ant within incuse square. gVF. Very rare.
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Knidos (BC 465-449) Drachm538 viewsca 465-449 BC. AR Drachm (6.14g). Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound with taenia, within incuse square. Attractively toned, good VF, nice flan.
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Side (BC 360-333) Stater538 viewsca 360-333 BC. AR Stater (10.50g). Athena Parthenos standing left; to left, Nike flying right, pomegranate below / Apollo standing left, patera in right hand, staff in left, altar to left, Pamphylian ethnic to right. Light patina, VF.
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Kelenderis (BC 425-400) Stater538 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (10.73g). Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from rearing horse right / Goat kneeling right, head reverted, ΚΕΛΕΠabove. EF.
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Paphos (BC 310-306) AE 23 - Ptolemy I538 viewsPtolemy I, 323-283 BC. AE23 (8.26g). Paphos mint, struck 310-306 BC. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing ornamented stephane and earring / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wreath to left. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll.
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Tarsos (AD 217-218) BI 24 - Macrinus538 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. BI (24mm, 6.48g, 6h). Laureate head right / Athena seated left, her left elbow on shield set on ground, dropping pebble into vase. Fair, rough, flan cracks.
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Karia Uncertain (BC 420-390) Diobol - EKA538 views5th century BC. AR (Milesian) Diobol (13mm, 2.16g, 6h). Forepart of bull left, head facing / Forepart of bull left, head facing, [EK]A above; within incuse square. Toned VF/EF. Karl Coll.
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Nysa (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla538 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (8.66g). Laureate head right / Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae. Good very fine.
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Aphrodisias (AD 260-268) AE 24538 viewsTime of Gallienus, 260-268 AD. IЄPOC – ΔHMOC, laureate bust of Demos right / AΦPOΔЄ-I-CIЄΩN, veiled cult statue of Aphrodite, flanked by star and crescent, to the left at her feet, priestess seated right; to right, altar. Very fine. Ex Karl coll.
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Kyzikos (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander538 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30 (11.42g) Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Two serpent-entwined torches flanking lighted altar.
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Alexandreia (AD 198-210) AE 23 - Geta538 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-210 AD. AE23/ As (7.07g). IMP CAI PO SE GETAS, cuirassed and laureate bust right / COL AVG TROAD, Herakles with lion skin right. Very rare. Black green patina. Very fine.
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Ilion (AD 166-177) AE 24 - Commodus538 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE24 (8.22g). Α Κ Λ ΑΥ - ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ, draped bust right / ΙΛΙΕΩÎ, bust of Athena with aegis. Green patina, fine style, EF. Rare.
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Salamis (BC 330) Didrachm - Nikokreon538 viewsNikokreon, 331-310 BC. AR Light Cypriot Shekel (6.25g). Turreted head of Aphrodite right, NK (ligate) to left / Laureate head of Apollo left, BA behind. gVF. From Late Collector (Rothschild), J. Ward, The Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York and Georgiades; ex Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge (5/1900), 405; Sotheby, The Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts II - Greek Coins from the John Ward Collection (4/1973), 651; and Elsen 76 (2003), 290.
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(BC 301-280) Ariarathes II - AE 12538 viewsAriarathes II(?), ca 301-280 BC. AE12 (2.0g, 12h). Head left, wearing bashlyk / Archer standing right, drawing bow. VF. Extremely rare.
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Iuliopolis (AD 98-117) AE 33 - Trajan538 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE33 (24.99g, 7h). AVT NЄPOVAΣ TPAIANOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBA ΓEPM, laureate head right / Ares advancing right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder; partly monogrammatic ethnic flanking. Good VF, dark green patina. From Group CEM.
For similar Bithynian coins under Domitian, see RPC II 632, 653, and 671, which copy Latin legend “Mars†sestertii struck AD 80-82 at an uncertain mint either in Thrace or Bithynia (for discussion of the mints see: A. Burnett, “Regional coinage in Thrace and Bithynia during the Flavian period,†Travaux Le Rider pp. 95-101; Herbert Cahn, “An Imperial mint in Bithynia,†INJ 8 (1984/5), pp. 14-26). In place of the “S C†across the reverse field, however, one finds civic monograms in two parts for Nicaea (“NKA - ΠΡ†), Nicomedia (“NKO - ΠΡâ€), and Prusias ad Hypium (“ΠΡ - YÎ â€). No such Domitianic “sestertii†survive from Juliopolis, but the current coin and the obverse die-linked von Aulock specimen (which interestingly transforms Pax of the sestertii into Homonoia) demonstrate a continued interest in appropriating Imperial types for local coinage in Bithynia.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/24 Stater538 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Myshemihekte – 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.68g). Head of Zeus-Ammon right [on tunny right] / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare as a myshemihekte.
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